Empirical Economics II (Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung II)
Welcome to the OPAL Learning Environment for the course "Empirical Economics II" in the summer term of 2024!
Empirical economics involves the application and development of methods for the empirical verification of economic theories or hypotheses.
Abstract: The lecture 'Physics for Biology' comprises a short introduction to modern concepts of statistical physics, as used in biological physics, as well as an introduction to the theory of nonlinear dynamical systems. Geometric concepts are emphasized, as well as important model systems and application examples illustrated in programming exercises (Python).
Lecture topics include: Thermodynamic potentials, Landau theory of phase transitions, dynamical systems as fluxes in phase space, fixed points and their stability, bifurcation analysis, oscillators.
Scope: lecture: 2 hours/week; tutorials: 2 hours/ 2 weeks
Time:
Lecture every Tuesday 11:10am (3. DS)
Tutorial every second Tuesday 1pm (4. DS - biweekly in odd weeks starting 10.10.)
Location: Biotec E05/E06
Audience: Master students 'Physics of Life'; Bachelor and Master Physics students; students from the CMCB-Master 'NanoBioPhysics'; Master students from the 'Computational Modeling and Simulation' course
Specialization area: Soft Condensed Matter and Biological Physics
Previous knowledge: Multi-variate calculus, Thermodynamics and/or first course in Statistical Mechanics
Lectures:
Benjamin Friedrich (TU Dresden)
Tutorial:
Kartik Chhajed (MPI PKS)